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Old 05-28-2015, 02:39 PM   #52 (permalink)
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That's crazy. You can get a stick-on battery powered closet light for $2.

The Register ran an article titled There's data in your dashboard, so liberate it from Big Auto's grasp:

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One startup, Sydney’s GoFar, recently successfully crowdfunded a little device that plugs into the OBD port, and uses your car’s data to drive a device that gamifies your driving. Drive inefficiently with GoFar, and its little dashboard display glows an angry red. Drive more efficiently, and that same display glows blue.

As you drive more with GoFar, you begin to develop a body-memory sense for the most efficient driving techniques. Within a few months, those techniques become instinctive. You’re a more eco-friendly (and safer) driver - cutting perhaps 20 per cent off your petrol bill, and your automobile makes fewer emissions than it did before you learned - under GoFar’s tutelage - how to drive more efficiently.
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